Portland Start-up Index - January 2008
After publishing the Toronto and Vancouver Start-up Indexes last month, we received requests to produce lists for other cities. For January, we’re adding two of BC’s neighbours to the east and south: Alberta and Portland. Portland’s unique culture, combined with it’s proximity to Seattle and Silicon Valley make it fertile ground for start-ups. We didn’t skip Seattle, the original Seattle index is produced by Marcelo at Seattle 2.0.The index ranks Portland area start-ups based on an average of Alexa and Compete traffic rankings. Criteria and other details are available on the Start-up Index page.If you have any suggestions for companies to add to the index, please post them in the comments for this post.
| Rank | Name | Alexa | Compete | Average |
| 1 | AboutUs | 1,986 | 1,567 | 1,777 |
| 2 | Discogs | 1,053 | 8,242 | 4,648 |
| 3 | Splashcast | 82,371 | 24,912 | 53,642 |
| 4 | Sandy | 58,585 | 67,873 | 63,229 |
| 5 | MyOpenID | 61,109 | 68,117 | 64,613 |
| 6 | Jive Software | 63,071 | 78,880 | 70,976 |
| 7 | Earth Class Mail | 75,337 | 91,128 | 83,233 |
| 8 | Cliq | 153,835 | 33,350 | 93,593 |
| 9 | Gone Raw | 138,806 | 87,099 | 112,953 |
| 10 | Stikkit | 167,016 | 162,727 | 164,872 |
| 11 | NetworthIQ | 221,912 | 148,321 | 185,117 |
| 12 | Grabbit | 243,798 | 276,286 | 260,042 |
| 13 | Attensa | 349,807 | 282,537 | 316,172 |
| 14 | KnitMap | 416,097 | 243,226 | 329,662 |
| 15 | Walker Tracker | 346,985 | 349,849 | 348,417 |
| 16 | Pibb | 406,908 | 366,804 | 386,856 |
| 17 | UrbanDrinks | 271,074 | 636,289 | 453,682 |
| 18 | Iovation | 605,094 | 410,811 | 507,953 |
| 19 | GadgetTrak | 516,160 | 601,205 | 558,683 |
| 20 | fmyi | 694,364 | 631,962 | 663,163 |
| 21 | Imindi | 703,951 | 645,691 | 674,821 |
| 22 | Goboz | 905,872 | 454,396 | 680,134 |
| 23 | Picktastic | 661,843 | 736,353 | 699,098 |
| 24 | Art Face Off | 1,712,421 | 455,031 | 1,083,726 |
| 25 | Box Populi | 4,799,530 | 802,808 | 2,801,169 |
| 26 | Pheedo | 90,617 | - | 90,617 |
| 27 | ChoiceA | 324,836 | - | 324,836 |
| 28 | Lunarr | 698,554 | - | 698,554 |
| 29 | FreeRange | 947,856 | - | 947,856 |
| 30 | Kumquat | 962,353 | - | 962,353 |
| 31 | Kryptiq | 1,782,207 | - | 1,782,207 |
| 32 | GoSeeTell | 1,840,434 | - | 1,840,434 |
| 33 | Avnera | 2,031,960 | - | 2,031,960 |
| 34 | Techchex | 2,164,984 | - | 2,164,984 |
| 35 | Lumeno.us | 2,827,671 | - | 2,827,671 |
| 36 | Workplace2go | 2,890,054 | - | 2,890,054 |
| 37 | Jama Software | 3,004,751 | - | 3,004,751 |
| 38 | MomHub | 3,089,165 | - | 3,089,165 |
| 39 | Lightfleet | 3,103,456 | - | 3,103,456 |
| 40 | YourList | 4,653,756 | - | 4,653,756 |
| 41 | Cendix | 7,332,110 | - | 7,332,110 |
| 42 | IDP Solutions | 8,453,656 | - | 8,453,656 |
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26 comments
Simon said on Jan 4, 2008 at 4:37 pm:
AboutUs - http://www.aboutus.org
Janet said on Jan 4, 2008 at 4:58 pm:
Jive Software - http://www.jivesoftware.com, PulseHealth - http://www.fredthedevice.com, SnapNames - http://www.snapnames.com, Chockstone - http://www.chockstone.com, Auctionpay - http://www.auctionpay.com...
You could probably get the folks at the Oregon Entrepreneur’s Network to give you a big fat list of PDX’s best.
Blog.UrbanDrinks.com » Blog Archive » UrbanDrinks.com Ranked #14 on the Portland Start-up Index said on Jan 4, 2008 at 8:38 pm:
[…] was ranked today #14 among the top tech start-ups in Portland. We were actually a little surprised to see UrbanDrinks ranked as high as it was. The criteria for […]
Portland Start-Up Index by TechVibes « Tom Turnbull’s Notebook said on Jan 4, 2008 at 9:15 pm:
[…] 4, 2008 Hey, this is completely self serving, but SplashCast is tops on the TechVibes Start-Up Index for Portland. I think that it’s pretty cool Posted by tomturnbull Filed in Portland […]
AdamD said on Jan 4, 2008 at 10:29 pm:
Platial.com, which according to my quick peek would probably place it around #5.
» Portland Start-up Index: Is your site there? - Silicon Florist said on Jan 5, 2008 at 1:11 am:
[…] a number of folks were kind enough to send me links to Techvibes “Portland Start-up Index,” a list of Portland-based startups ranked by averaging their Alexa and Compete […]
Jeffrey said on Jan 5, 2008 at 9:11 am:
http://www.choicea.com is pretty cool
Goboz said on Jan 5, 2008 at 3:02 pm:
http://www.goboz.com is missing from the list. Goboz on Alexa = 841,415 Goboz on Compete = 454,396
Jon Karl said on Jan 5, 2008 at 5:41 pm:
Just curiuos why Platial.com is not on this? Their traffic is enormous! Maybe because so much of it comes through Google?
Matt Haughey said on Jan 5, 2008 at 6:46 pm:
I run metafilter.com out of McMinnville. Three employees and enough alexa/compete ranking to probably end up #1 on this list.
Jeff the Great said on Jan 5, 2008 at 8:24 pm:
ya….Platial and Metafilter are both well known. It will be interesting to see the updated list.
I do however have some major issues with how the rankings were assembled. Why would you use Alexa and Compete for non-web businesses (like Kryptiq)?
Kevin said on Jan 5, 2008 at 9:24 pm:
Discogs - http://www.discogs.com
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Ryan Williams said on Jan 7, 2008 at 6:13 pm:
Thanks for the NetworthIQ inclusion. Here’s a good list to cross-reference as well:
http://oregonstartups.typepad.com/news/2007/09/oregon-web-20–.html
Kirsten said on Jan 9, 2008 at 1:13 pm:
OpenSourcery - http://opensourcery.com/
Dan said on Jan 9, 2008 at 3:42 pm:
Lightfleet Corporation - http://www.lightfleet.com
Greg said on Jan 10, 2008 at 1:20 am:
Grabb.it - http://grabb.it
Marianne said on Jan 14, 2008 at 10:50 pm:
maybe doesn’t meet the exact tech criteria, but maybe you have a spot for ecommerce? http://www.discoverthis.com/
» Discogs rocks the Portland Start-up Index, now at 40 sites - Silicon Florist said on Jan 15, 2008 at 10:44 pm:
[…] few weeks ago, I reported on the Portland Start-up Index, a ranking of Portland-area startups compiled by Techvibes, based on the average of Alexa and […]
Josh said on Jan 16, 2008 at 2:28 pm:
http://www.elevenwireless.com, http://www.wired.md, http://www.rumblefish.com, http://www.versation.com, http://www.eroi.com, http://www.cooleremail.com - all members of Starve Ups, an early-stage company entrepreneur group (www.starveups.com).
Bill Burcham said on Jan 20, 2008 at 8:22 am:
Kongregate http://kongregate.com Alexa rank 4,960 puts i at #3.
Active Reload http://activereload.net Alexa rank 378,001 puts it at #14.
(I don’t see how to get the compete ranking)
Rick said on Feb 4, 2008 at 4:13 pm:
Heads up for a Portland Start-Up that belongs on this list — http://www.myrocketbook.com. Currently in the top 250k on Alexa.
Igniting Portland’s Tech Community said on Feb 5, 2008 at 11:26 am:
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Tony said on Feb 6, 2008 at 10:11 am:
Vocal Nation - VocalNation.net
Democratically Ranked News & Opinion
Ryan Snyder said on Feb 14, 2008 at 11:11 am:
foodgeeks.com - http://foodgeeks.com/ ; winegeeks.com - http://winegeeks.com/
Hank said on Feb 14, 2008 at 7:00 pm:
Efficere Technologies - http://www.efficere.com
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